[ILUG] I have a plan. To save NT!

[Liam Bedford]

On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 10:24:34AM +0100, John P. Looney came forth with:
> On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 10:22:19AM +0100, Paul Jakma mentioned:
> > On Tue, 22 May 2001, Wynne, Conor wrote:
> > > What about using a modified BBC that has a special kernel with read/write
> > > support for NTFS?
> > it'd be a very special kernel cause linux doesn't do rw ntfs yet. :)
> 
>  I know a lot of people that have built a Tom's Root/boot disk with ntfs
> support, and have used it to fix registry/driver problems.
> 
>  NTFS support is flaky, but given it, or a reinstall, I know which I'd go
> for.
> 
And I know which one I'd go for.. given the choice between a reinstall of
NT (which takes about an hour when you learn it), and a completely
destroyed filesystem...

NTFS write access is stupidly dangerous... it's just short of playing
real-life russian roulette with your hard drive..

L.
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